Touch panel

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a transparent substrate including an active region and a bezel region partitioned thereon; a plurality of first transparent electrodes formed in the active region in parallel to each other along a Y-axis direction and including a plurality of first sensing units and a plurality of first connecting units connected with the plurality of first sensing units in an X-axis direction; a plurality of second transparent electrodes alternately formed with the plurality of first sensing units in the active region in parallel to each other along the Y-axis direction and including a plurality of second sensing units and a plurality of second connecting units connected with the plurality of first sensing units in the X-axis direction; and electrode wirings formed in the bezel region and connected to terminals of the first transparent electrodes and terminals of the second transparent electrodes, respectively.

1 . A touch panel, comprising:
 a transparent substrate including an active region and a bezel region partitioned thereon;   a plurality of first transparent electrodes formed in the active region in parallel to each other along a Y-axis direction and including a plurality of first sensing units and a plurality of first connecting units connected with the plurality of first sensing units in an X-axis direction;   a plurality of second transparent electrodes alternately formed with the plurality of first sensing units in the active region in parallel to each other along the Y-axis direction and including a plurality of second sensing units and a plurality of second connecting units connected with the plurality of first sensing units in the X-axis direction; and   electrode wirings formed in the bezel region and connected to terminals of the first transparent electrodes and terminals of the second transparent electrodes, respectively,   wherein the coordinate of the center of the first connecting unit on the X-axis is identical with the coordinate of the center of the second sensing unit adjacent to the first connecting unit, and the coordinate of the center of the second connecting unit on the X-axis is identical with the coordinate of the center of the first sensing unit adjacent to the second connecting unit.   
     
     
         2 . The touch panel according to  claim 1 , wherein the width of the first sensing unit and the width of the second sensing unit, which are taken along a Y-axis edge of the active region, are equal to each other. 
     
     
         3 . The touch panel according to  claim 2 , wherein the contact area between the terminal of the first transparent electrode and the electrode wiring is equal to the contact area between the terminal of the second transparent electrode and the electrode wiring. 
     
     
         4 . The touch panel according to  claim 1 , wherein the first sensing unit or the second sensing unit has a diamond shape, an octagon shape or a circular shape. 
     
     
         5 . The touch panel according to  claim 1 , wherein the first sensing unit overlaps with the second sensing unit adjacent to the first sensing unit base on the Y-axis direction. 
     
     
         6 . The touch panel according to  claim 1 , wherein the first transparent electrode or the second transparent electrode is made of a conductive polymer. 
     
     
         7 . The touch panel according to  claim 6 , wherein the conductive polymer includes poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene/polystyrenesulfonate (PEDOT/PSS), polyaniline, polyacetylene, and polyphenylenevinylene.